RMIT University Melbourne
Graduates: 2022
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Costume Design - Stage Screen Dance / Illustration
My location: Melbourne, Australia
First Name: Canwen
Last Name: Zhao
University / College: RMIT University Melbourne
Course / Program: Fashion Design MA
Graduates: 2022
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Costume Design - Stage Screen Dance / Illustration
My Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Canwen's project, 35 Life, represents her design aesthetic and sustainable practice. The project uses upcycled second-hand clothing to create urban outdoor style products with highlighted colour design elements that always look 'new'. The products can quickly transform into a pretty bag for daily carry and home storage, and the bag serves as an original package for sale, providing more opportunity for resale in the second-hand market. The project aims to reduce the waste of resources and over-packaging products in the fashion industry. The concept comes from the traditional Chinese cultural trigram ‘Fire Feng Ding’, which means ‘change the old to the new’. The designs are more functional for groups that cannot expose skin to the sun for long periods, accommodating changes in urban living scenarios. 35 Life brings a relaxed, pleasant visual and wearing experience to the highly stressed urban population.